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CAMEROUN

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cameroun mean?

• CAMEROUN (noun)
The noun CAMEROUN has 1 sense:

1. a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960

Familiarity information: CAMEROUN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CAMEROUN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cameroun; Republic of Cameroon; Cameroon

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Cameroun"):

capital of Cameroon; Yaounde (the capital of Cameroon)

Douala (the largest city of Cameroon)

Cameroon (an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast)

Meronyms (members of "Cameroun"):

Cameroonian (a native or inhabitant of Cameroon)

Holonyms ("Cameroun" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

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